modern japan
24 authors·109 works
Kōbō Abe
Japan· Japanese·1924–1993
2 works
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japan· Japanese·1892–1927
1 work
Osamu Dazai
Japan· Japanese·1909–1948
8 works
Shūsaku Endō
Japan· Japanese·1923–1996
1 work
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japan· Japanese·1886–1942
4 works
Junji Ito
Japan· Japanese·b. 1963
4 works
Yasunari Kawabata
Japan· Japanese·1899–1972
14 works
Mieko Kawakami
Japan· Japanese·b. 1976
0 works
Yukio Mishima
Japan· Japanese·1925–1970
22 works
Haruki Murakami
Japan· Japanese·b. 1949
21 works
Sayaka Murata
Japan· Japanese·b. 1979
0 works
Tsutomu Nihei
Japan· Japanese·b. 1971
1 work
Aya Nishitani
Japan· Japanese·b. 1955
1 work
Kenzaburō Ōe
Japan· Japanese·1935–2023
3 works
Fuyumi Ono
Japan· Japanese·b. 1960
2 works
Katsuhiro Otomo
Japan· Japanese·b. 1954
1 work
Hiroko Oyamada
Japan· Japanese·born 1983
6 works
Kazuko Shiraishi
Japan· Japanese·1931–2024
4 works
Natsume Sōseki
Japan· Japanese·1867–1916
3 works
Yoko Tawada
Japan, Germany· Japanese, German·b. 1960
6 works
Emi Yagi
Japan· Japanese·b. 1988
0 works
Satoshi Yagisawa
Japan· Japanese·b. 1977
2 works
Eiji Yoshikawa
Japan· Japanese·1892–1962
2 works
Asako Yuzuki
Japan· Japanese·b. 1981
1 work
1Q84
1Q84 (ichi-kew-hachi-yon)
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2009
After Dark
アフターダーク
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2004
After the Banquet
宴のあと
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1960
After the Quake
神の子どもたちはみな踊る
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2000
Akira
アキラ
Katsuhiro Otomo · Japanese · 1988
Beautiful Star
美しい星
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1962
Beauty and Sadness
美しさと哀しみと
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1964
The Beggar Student
乞食学生
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1940
Black Lizard
黒蜥蝪
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1961
Blame!
BLAME!
Tsutomu Nihei · Japanese
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
めくらやなぎと眠る女
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2005
Blue Cat
青猫
Sakutarō Hagiwara · Japanese · 1923
Botchan
坊つちゃん
Natsume Sōseki · Japanese · 1906
Butter
バター
Asako Yuzuki · Japanese · 2017
Cat Town
猫町
Sakutarō Hagiwara · Japanese · 1935
Cherries
桜桃
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1939
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
街とその不確かな壁
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2023
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2013
Complete Works
芥川龍之介全集
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa · Japanese · 1928
Confessions of a Mask
仮面の告白
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1949
Confronting the Shadows: A Portrait of My Mother
影に対して
Shūsaku Endō · Japanese · 2020
Dance Dance Dance (novel)
ダンス・ダンス・ダンス
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1988
The Dancing Girl of Izu
伊豆の踊子
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1926
The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away
みずから我が涙をぬぐいたまう日
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1972
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
森崎書店の日々
Satoshi Yagisawa · Japanese · 2010
Death in the Family
死者の家族
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2012
The Decay of the Angel
天人五衰
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1971
The Decline and Fall of the Suzaku
Suzaku-ke no Metsubō
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1967
Digital Devil Story
デジタル・デビル・ストーリー
Aya Nishitani · Japanese · 1986
Early Light
薄明
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1946
The Elephant Vanishes
象の消滅
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1993
The Emissary
献灯使 (Kentoshi)
Yoko Tawada · Japanese · 2014
The Face of Another
他人の顔
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1964
The Factory
工場
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2012
First Person Singular
一人称単数
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2020
The Flowers of Buffoonery
道化の華
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1935
Forbidden Colors
禁色
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1953
The Frolic of the Beasts
獣の戯れ
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1961
Garden
Niwa
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2018
The Girl in the Sunset
夕映少女
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1937
Good-Bye
グッド・バイ
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1948
Gyo [Fish]
ギョ
Junji Ito · Japanese
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1985
Hear the Wind Sing
風の歌を聴け
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1979
The Hole
穴
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2013
The House of the Sleeping Beauties
眠れる美女
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1961
Howling at the Moon
月に吠える
Sakutarō Hagiwara · Japanese · 1917
The Iceland
氷島
Sakutarō Hagiwara · Japanese · 1934
Kafka on the Shore
海辺のカフカ
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2002
Killing Commendatore
騎士団長殺し
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2017
Kusamakura
草枕
Natsume Sōseki · Japanese · 1906
The Lake
みづうみ
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1954
The Last of the Weasels
いたちなく
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2013
Let Those Who Appear
現れるものたちをして
Kazuko Shiraishi · Japanese · 1996
Madame de Sade
サド侯爵夫人
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1965
The Master of Go
呉清源棋談・名人
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1951
Memoirs of a Polar Bear
Etüden im Schnee
Yoko Tawada · German · 2014
Men Without Women
女のいない男たち
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2014
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
続・森崎書店の日々
Satoshi Yagisawa · Japanese · 2011
Musashi
宮本武蔵
Eiji Yoshikawa · Japanese · 1935
My Floating Mother, City
浮遊する母、都市
Kazuko Shiraishi · Japanese · 2003
My Friend Hitler
わが友ヒットラー
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1968
The Naked Eye
Das nackte Auge
Yoko Tawada · German · 2004
No Longer Human
人間失格
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1948
No One Knows
誰も知らぬ
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1940
Norwegian Wood
ノルウェイの森
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1987
The Old Capital
古都
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1962
Palm-of-the-Hand Stories
掌の小説
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1971
Paul Celan and the Chinese Angel
Paul Celan und der chinesische Engel
Yoko Tawada · German · 2020
A Personal Matter
個人的な体験
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1964
Pinball, 1973
1973年のピンボール
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1980
The Rainbow
虹いくたび
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1951
Remina [Hellstar Remina]
地獄星レミナ
Junji Ito · Japanese · 2005
Rokumeikan
鹿鳴館
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1957
Runaway Horses
奔馬
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1969
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
午後の曳航
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1963
Sanshirō
三四郎
Natsume Sōseki · Japanese · 1908
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
浅草紅團
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1930
Scattered All Over the Earth
地球にちりばめられて (Chikyū ni chiribamerarete)
Yoko Tawada · Japanese · 2018
Seasons of Sacred Lust
聖なる淫者の季節
Kazuko Shiraishi · Japanese · 1970
The Setting Sun
斜陽
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1947
Shiki
屍鬼
Fuyumi Ono · Japanese · 1989
The Silent Cry
万延元年のフットボール
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1967
Silk and Insight
絹と明察
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1964
Snow Country
雪国
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1935
The Sound of the Mountain
山の音
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1954
The Sound of Waves
潮騒
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1954
South of the Border, West of the Sun
国境の南、太陽の西
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1992
Spring Snow
春の雪
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1969
Sprint of the Full Moon
満月の疾走
Kazuko Shiraishi · Japanese · 2007
Sputnik Sweetheart
スプートニクの恋人
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1999
Star
スタア
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1960
Sun and Steel
太陽と鉄
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1968
Taiko
新書太閤記
Eiji Yoshikawa · Japanese · 1937
Tanpopo
たんぽぽ
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1972
The Temple of Dawn
暁の寺
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1970
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
金閣寺
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1956
The Terrace of the Leper King
癩王のテラス
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1969
Thirst for Love
愛の渇き
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1950
Thousand Cranes
千羽鶴
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1952
Tomie
富江
Junji Ito · Japanese
The Twelve Kingdoms
十二国記
Fuyumi Ono · Japanese · 1991
Underground (Murakami book)
アンダーグラウンド
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2000
Uzumaki [Spiral]
うずまき
Junji Ito · Japanese
Where Europe Begins
Wo Europa anfängt
Yoko Tawada · German · 1991
A Wild Sheep Chase
羊をめぐる冒険
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1982
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
ねじまき鳥クロニクル
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1994
The Woman in the Dunes
砂の女
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1962
Yukiko
ゆきこ
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2014